[Added 5-7-2025 by Ord. No. 6PSF-B, 05-07-2025]
a. 
Properly supervise, control and license the use of the public streets and highways within the territorial limits of the City of Newark for the purpose of carrying on the business of teaching automobile driving to inexperienced drivers.
b. 
Prevent the use of the public streets and highways in built-up and populated residential districts within the territorial limits of the City of Newark.
[Added 5-7-2025 by Ord. No. 6PSF-B, 05-07-2025]
ADMINISTRATOR
Refers to the Director of Public Safety.
AUTOMOBILE DRIVING SCHOOL or AUTOMOBILE DRIVING BUSINESS
Includes any business which uses the public streets and highways of the City of Newark for the purpose of instructing and teaching inexperienced or unlicensed automobile drivers how to operate a motor vehicle, for a monetary compensation or a valuable consideration, either directly or indirectly, of any kind or character.
COMPLIANCE OFFICER
Means law enforcement personnel designated by the Director of the Department of Public Safety.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
Shall mean and includes highways, roads, avenues, boulevards, courts, public lanes, alleys, sidewalks, footpaths and all other public highways for vehicular or pedestrian travel within the City of Newark's control.
[Added 5-7-2025 by Ord. No. 6PSF-B, 05-07-2025]
a. 
No person, firm or corporation shall manage, conduct, operate and carry on the business of automobile driving schools within the territorial limits of the City of Newark, as defined by this chapter, without first having obtained a license therefor as hereinafter provided.
[Added 5-7-2025 by Ord. No. 6PSF-B, 05-07-2025]
a. 
All applications for driving school registration shall be in writing on all forms furnished by the City of Newark, signed by the applicant or the authorized agent of the applicant, and presented to the Division of Tax Abatement and Special Tax.
b. 
The application shall state:
1. 
The name of the driving school;
2. 
The correct name under which the business is being operated;
3. 
Such other pertinent information as may be necessary for an investigation of the applicant;
4. 
Proof of New Jersey State Driving School License;
5. 
Complete information as to year, license plate number, state of vehicle registration, VIN number, model, make of all motor vehicles to be used in the carrying on and conducting of the said business within the territorial limits of the City of Newark;
6. 
Name and address or addresses for the last five years of each and every automobile operator-instructor employed by the person, firm or corporation making the application, together with said automobile driver's license number;
7. 
The name of each and every public street or highway within the territorial limits of the City of Newark which the licensee proposes to use as a learning grounds for the carrying on of its business;
8. 
An insurance policy with the premium prepaid thereon, written by an insurance company duly licensed to transact business under the insurance laws of the state.
[Added 5-7-2025 by Ord. No. 6PSF-B, 05-07-2025]
a. 
A license fee of $250 must accompany the original application. No license fee shall be prorated.
b. 
Renewal applications shall be submitted for approval and issuance at least 30 days prior to the expiration date of the current license.
[Added 5-7-2025 by Ord. No. 6PSF-B, 05-07-2025]
a. 
All licenses shall be issued by the Compliance Officer.
b. 
The automobile driving school licenses herein provided for shall bear a number and shall state the name and address of the person, firm or corporation licensed and the names of all public streets and highways within the territorial limits of the City of Newark upon which the said licensee may conduct the said business.
c. 
The name and address of the automobile operator-instructor of each motor vehicle actually engaged in the business under said license shall be conspicuously exhibited in the said motor vehicle at all times while same is being operated in the carrying on of said business.
d. 
A driving school must display the business name, telephone number, license number as prescribed by the Compliance Officer on the outside of the said motor vehicle at all times while same is being operated in the carrying on of said business.
[Added 5-7-2025 by Ord. No. 6PSF-B, 05-07-2025]
Licenses issued hereunder shall not be transferable or assignable except by resolution of the Municipal Council and by the qualification of the transferee or assignee with the provisions of this chapter as if such request for transfer or assignment was an original application.
[Added 5-7-2025 by Ord. No. 6PSF-B, 05-07-2025]
In case of any change of a motor vehicle or change of an operator-instructor or change of any other material fact or statement required to be set forth in said application, before or after a license is issued hereunder, such change shall be immediately reported to the Police Division and such motor vehicle shall not be used or operator-instructor employed in the business of the licensee until approved by proper authority in accordance with the provisions of this chapter as in the case of an original application.
[Added 5-7-2025 by Ord. No. 6PSF-B, 05-07-2025]
a. 
The Municipal Council reserves the right at all times to suspend or revoke the operation of the license permitting the conducting and carrying on of the business of an automobile driving school upon the public streets and highways within the territorial limits of the City of Newark as provided in this chapter.
b. 
The Department of Public Safety can recommend revoking the local license when a continuous violation of any provision of this chapter exists, for the protection of the public safety and welfare.
[Added 5-7-2025 by Ord. No. 6PSF-B, 05-07-2025]
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding ninety (90) days, or both. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
[Added 5-7-2025 by Ord. No. 6PSF-B, 05-07-2025]
A resident may file a complaint with the Compliance Officer if an automobile driving school or automobile driving business fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter. The Compliance Officer shall investigate complaints within a reasonable time period.
[Added 5-7-2025 by Ord. No. 6PSF-B, 05-07-2025]
Use of the public streets and highways within the territorial limits of the City of Newark as learning grounds for inexperienced drivers, by persons, firms or corporations engaged in the business of an automobile driving school, in residential districts wherein the frontage on the public streets or highways is mainly occupied by dwellings or buildings less than 300 feet apart, is hereby prohibited.